Will AI replace Bus Drivers, School?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
17/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 29% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 34% of the work
What the job involves
Drive a school bus to transport students. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist students in boarding or exiting.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(6)
- Report any bus malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of students or trips, hours worked, mileage, or fuel consumption.
- Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
- Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions.
- Report delinquent student behaviors to school administration.
and 1 more
Out of reach(11)
- Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
- Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
- Follow safety rules as students board and exit buses or cross streets near bus stops.
- Drive gasoline, diesel, or electrically powered multi-passenger vehicles to transport students between neighborhoods, schools, and school activities.
- Maintain order among students during trips to ensure safety.
and 6 more
Also called
School Bus Driver · SPED Bus Driver (Special Education Bus Driver) · School Bus Operator · SPED Bus Driver · Bus Drive Coordinator · Bus Driver Route Coordinator · CDL Bus Driver (Commercial Driver's License Bus Driver) · Public School Bus Driver
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics